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Oriental Magpie

Pica serica Gould, J 1845

The Oriental magpie is a species of magpie found from south-eastern Russia and Myanmar to eastern China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan (Kyushu) and northern Indochina. It is also a common symbol of the Korean identity, and has been adopted as the "official bird" of numerous South Korean cities, counties and provinces. Other names for the Oriental magpie include Korean magpie and Asian magpie. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Corvidae
Genus:
   Pica
Scientific:
  Pica serica

Original description

Citation:
  Gould, J 1845

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London Part 13, Meeting of January 14, 1845 p. 2

Protonym:
  Pica serica

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46217#page/216/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  7D3B961FF43C894C

Avibase ID:
  avibase-7D3B961F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/7D3B961F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 924168

Geographic range:

  • Pica serica: southeastern Russia, northeastern China, and Korea south through eastern China, Taiwan, and Hainan to northern Myanmar, northern Laos, and northern Vietnam
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Oriental Magpie
German:
Orientelster
Spanish:
Urraca Oriental
Spanish (Spain):
Urraca oriental
French:
Pie orientale
Japanese:
カササギ
Dutch:
Oosterse Ekster
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Orientskjor
Norwegian:
Orientskjære
Polish:
sroka chińska
Portuguese:
pega-oriental
Russian:
Китайская сорока
Slovak:
straka čínska
Serbian:
Kineska svraka
Swedish:
orientskata
Ukrainian:
сорока усурійська
Chinese:
喜鹊
Chinese (Traditional):
喜鵲

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Eurasian Magpie [serica or anderssoni] ( Pica pica [serica or anderssoni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Eurasian Magpie [serica or anderssoni] ( Pica pica [serica or anderssoni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Eurasian Magpie [serica or anderssoni] ( Pica pica [serica or anderssoni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Eurasian Magpie [serica or anderssoni] ( Pica pica [serica or anderssoni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Pica pica serica [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Pica pica serica [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Pica pica serica [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 3]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Pica pica sericea [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 3]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Oriental Magpie ( Pica serica) [version 3]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pica pica serica [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pica [pica or serica] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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German: Elster-serica, Orientelster
Greek: Ανατολική Καρακάξα
English: Eurasian Magpie [serica or anderssoni], Oriental Magpie, Oriental Magpie [serica or anderssoni]
English, HBW: Eurasian Magpie (Oriental)
English (IOC): Oriental Magpie
English (United States): Oriental Magpie
Esperanto: Korea pigo
Spanish: Urraca Oriental
Spanish (Spain): Urraca oriental
French: Pie bavarde (orientale), Pie bavarde [serica or anderssoni], Pie bavarde [serica ou anderssoni], Pie orientale
Japanese: カササギ
Mongolian, Halh: солонгос шаазгай
Korean: 까치
Scientific: Pica pica [serica or anderssoni], Pica pica alashanica, Pica pica amurensis, Pica pica anderssoni, Pica pica jankowskii, Pica pica serica, Pica pica sericea, Pica serica, Pica serica serica, Pica sericea, Pica varia japonica
Mongolian: солонгос шаазгай
Dutch: Oosterse Ekster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Orientskjor
Norwegian: Orientskjære
Polish: sroka chińska
Portuguese: pega-oriental
Portuguese (Portugal): pega-oriental
Russian: Китайская сорока, Уссурийская сорока
Slovak: straka čínska
Serbian: Azijska svraka, Kineska svraka
Swedish: orientskata
Thai: นกสาลิกาปากดำ
Turkish: Çin saksağanı
Ukrainian: сорока усурійська
Vietnamese: Chim ác là
Chinese: 喜鵲, 喜鹊
Chinese (Traditional): 喜鵲, 喜鹊

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